2022 Governor General's History Award Recipients

They are teachers, volunteers, authors, broadcasters and museum professionals from across Canada who share a vision and passion for history — and for making a difference in their communities.

Canada’s History Society is honoured to announce the recipients of the 2022 Governor General’s History Awards — the country’s most prestigious history prize.

Congratulations to this year’s recipients!

Excellence in Community Programming

Presented by Canada’s History

• Live Our Heritage / Vivre notre héritage
  Heritage Lower Saint Lawrence
  Métis-sur-Mer, Quebec
• Sur les traces de Dubuc
  La Pulperie de Chicoutimi / Musée régional
  Chicoutimi, Quebec

Excellence in Museums: History Alive!

Presented by the Canadian Museums Association with the support of Ecclesiastical Insurance 

• Indigenous Voices of Today: Knowledge, Trauma, Resilience
  McCord Stewart Museum
  Montreal, Quebec

Scholarly Research

Presented by the Canadian Historical Association 

• A Line of Blood and Dirt: Creating the Canada-United States Border across Indigenous Lands
  Benjamin Hoy
  Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Excellence in Teaching

Presented by Canada’s History

• Cynthia Bettio
  Our Lady Queen of the World Catholic Academy 
  Richmond Hill, Ontario
• Natasha Camacho
  École St. Catherine’s Elementary School
  Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Carla Cooke and Tracey Salamondra
  Hartney School
  Hartney, Manitoba
• Luisa Fracassi
  St. Joan of Arc Catholic Academy
  Toronto, Ontario
• Barbara A. Giroux
  Holy Family School
  Ottawa, Ontario
• Jen Maxwell
  W.J. Mouat Secondary
  Abbotsford, British Columbia

Popular Media: The Pierre Berton Award

Presented by Canada’s History

• Thomas King
  Guelph, Ontario